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A strategy for determining arterial blood gases on the summit of Mt. Everest

BACKGROUND: Climbers on the summit of Mt. Everest are exposed to extreme hypoxia, and the physiological implications are of great interest. Inferences have been made from alveolar gas samples collected on the summit, but arterial blood samples would give critical information. We propose a plan to in...

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Autores principales: Catron, Thomas F, Powell, Frank L, West, John B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16524477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6793-6-3